| Accession Number | AWM2020.678.1 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Sheet: 12 cm x 8.8 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | Watercolour on paper |
| Maker |
Stretton, Ivan Clear |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Corbie |
| Date made | 1917-1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
recto: Corbi L'Eglise; verso: not titled [portrait sketch of a man in profile]
Description
Ivan Clear Stretton (31903) served as a Gunner in the 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade during the First World War. Between 1917 and 1918 he served in France and Belgium in the Ypres and Somme regions. During the war he illustrated a series of postcards that depicted his journey to Europe on board the RMS Osterley, which travelled past South Africa and Sierra Leone on its way to England. He also drew scenes of ruined battlefields on the Western Front.
This watercolour displays a view of the L'abbatiale Saint-Pierre de Corbie in the Somme department of Hauts-de-France.